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Health Care Financing Administration: Three Largest Medicare Overpayment Settlements Were Improper

T-OSI-00-7 Published: Mar 28, 2000. Publicly Released: Mar 28, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the results of its investigation of the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) negotiated settlements of large overpayments to three Medicare providers between 1991 and July 1999.

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Claims settlementConflict of interestsDebt collectionFraudHealth care programsInternal controlsMalfeasanceMedicareNoncomplianceOverpaymentsProgram abuses